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2018 O’Neil Conservation Stewards
Continue readingWe are excited to announce that we have selected three interns for the class of 2018. Our O’Neil Conservation Stewards program is designed to give students a well-rounded experience, providing a glimpse of what the world of environmental nonprofits is like, along with hands-on stewardship experience on Land Alliance properties.
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Humes Property is Coming Back to Life
Continue readingHave you driven by the Humes property in Mill Neck lately? If so, you’ll have seen that the 7+acre meadow has been mowed for the first time in decades.
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Spiffin’ Up
Continue readingWe’re pleased to announce entryway improvements at two of our most-loved preserves:
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Record Funding for the EPF
Continue readingWe are pleased to report that the Environmental Protection Fund received another record year of funding at $300 million to support land conservation, water quality improvement, parks creation, farmland protection, urban conservation and other environmental quality and public health improvement projects in every county of New York.
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Land Alliance Celebrates 15 Years
Continue readingThe Land Alliance is turning 15! Many people judge success in terms of metrics like how many acres protected (nearly 1,200), how many members (3,200+ families), how many conservation easements (21), how many preserves open to the public (9), how many children educated (4,400) per day. In addition, the subjects of the groupgrain foods for […]
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Seven Acre Easement in Oyster Bay Cove
Continue readingNorth Shore Land Alliance is currently working with Debbie and Howard Grace to acquire seven acres of their property in the Village of Oyster Bay Cove through a bargain sale transaction.
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514 Species Documented in the Beaver Brook BioBlitz
Continue readingThe Land Allianc worked with a stalwart crew of 35 volunteers for its first Beaver Brook BioBlitz, on Saturday, June 3, 2017 to inventory species living in a given area at a given time
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2018 Walks in the Wood Preview
Continue readingNorth Shore Land Alliance 2018 Walks in the Woods is a series of free, educational and interactive explorations.
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Humes Japanese Stroll Garden is Officially Acquired
Continue readingNorth Shore Land Alliance officially acquired the Humes Japanese Stroll Garden property on May 23, 2017.
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Macy Property in the Village of Lloyd Harbor is Preserved
Continue readingNorth Shore Land Alliance is proud to announce that the Macy property in the Village of Lloyd Harbor has been preserved.
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America’s National Parks and Monuments Are Under Attack
Continue readingNational monuments are nationally important lands and waters that are set aside for permanent protection, primarily by U.S. presidents under the Antiquities Act. A president may also set aside land or water assets as a national monument and then Congress can change that land’s designation to another type of national park site.
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Year Two of the O’Neil Stewards Program
Continue readingOur evaluation committee of conservation professionals reviewed 21 applications this year and chose four members for the Joyce and William O’Neil Stewards Program class of 2017.
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Roosevelt Community Garden Project
Continue readingNorth Shore Land Alliance, in partnership with Nassau County and the Long Island Community Foundation, is in the process of establishing a community garden in Roosevelt on a 10,000-square foot property owned by the County
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Scouts Make a Difference
Continue readingGirl Scout Cadette Troop #1805 of Mineola spent a sunny afternoon with the Land Alliance cleaning up the shoreline at Shore Road Sanctuary in Cold Spring Harbor. The girls were helpful in discovering a delicate nest of a Killdeer (a shorebird related to the Piping Plover) who had decided to make her home next to […]
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Land Alliance Will Purchase the Humes Japanese Stroll Garden
Continue readingAfter more than two years of negotiation, the North Shore Land Alliance has signed a contract to purchase the Humes Japanese Stroll Garden in Mill Neck from the Humes Japanese Stroll Garden Foundation. This approximately seven-acre parcel, immediately adjacent to the 28-acre former Humes Estate (which the Land Alliance acquired in July of 2015), was […]
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The Importance of Connectivity – Smithers Connector Parcel
Continue readingIn September, the North Shore Land Alliance acquired from the Smithers family two parcels totaling seven acres in the Village of Mill Neck. The Land Alliance has long been interested in acquiring and preserving this important area because it connects Nassau County’s Upper Francis Pond preserve (formerly known as Smithers Pond) to the south with […]
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Undevelopment at the Humes Property
Continue readingWe are continuing to make progress at the Humes property in Mill Neck. In September, we demolished three highly distressed structures in the northeast corner of the property, including the former caretaker’s house, a detached garage associated with the house and a former greenhouse. The caretaker’s house and garage had been abandoned by the former owners and the […]
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Restoration Plans for the Cushman Woods Preserve
Continue readingThe Land Alliance closed on Cushman Woods, a 28-acre preserve located in the Village of Matinecock, in June of 2016. Â We are now in the process of working with the Village to open the property to the public. Â Our plans include installing a small parking area off Still Road, a private road that the Land Alliance uses to access the preserve. Â
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$30,500 to continue our Water Education Program
Continue readingThe Land Alliance was awarded an additional $30,500 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through the Long Island Sound Futures Fund, which will sustain the program for the 2016/2017 school year.
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28-Acre Cushman Woods Preserve Created
Continue readingOn June 15th, a beautiful, 28-acre, heavily wooded parcel in the Village of Matinecock was purchased by the Land Alliance for conservation purposes. This acquisition would not have been possible without the incredibly generous support of Verena and Roderick H. Cushman, who donated the funds necessary to purchase this highly significant portion of the Beaver Brook watershed for use by the community.
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Internship Program for College Students
Continue readingIn June of 2016, thanks to a generous five-year endowment from the Joyce C. and William C. O’Neil Charitable Trust, North Shore Land Alliance launched an official internship program.
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Enhanced Federal Tax Incentive is Permanent
Continue readingThe Land Alliance is pleased to announce that at the end of December 2015, Congress passed, with strong bipartisan support, legislation that makes the enhanced federal tax incentive that supports land conservation PERMANENT. Under the enhanced incentive, an individual landowner can deduct up to 50% of their adjusted gross income (AGI) in any year over a total of 16 years, including the year of the gift. Qualified farmers can deduct up to 100% of their AGI over 16 years
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Land Alliance Received Two New Grants
Continue readingOn April 19, 2016, North Shore Land Alliance received two separate grants totaling $45,000 from the New York State Conservation Partnership Program (NYSCPP) and New York’s Environmental Protection Fund.
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Acquisition to Connect Shu Swamp Preserve to Upper Francis Pond Preserve
Continue readingThe North Shore Land Alliance has long been interested in acquiring and preserving approximately seven acres of land that connects Nassau County’s Upper Francis Pond Preserve (formerly known as Smithers Pond) to the south, with Shu Swamp Preserve to the north. In the past several months, the Land Alliance has been working with the owner and their representatives to acquire the property.
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Is this the End for the Land and Water Conservation Fund?
Continue readingAs the Trump administration prepares to submit its first budget, proposals have surfaced to drastically reduce or even eliminate appropriations for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) — America’s most important federal land and water conservation program which funds essential programs in all 50 states. Please join us in asking our representatives in Congress […]